Latest Update: Saturday start lists are now posted, including a link to RaceSplitter files for those wanting to do splits on course.

Over 11 BKLers from West River showed up for an afternoon of fun with the SMS team of coaches (including some guests)! Click here to see the adventures on the SMS Nordic blog. Thanks to Liz for sending this in.

Check out the new collaboration between CXC and NENSA: Nordic Rocks, an online tracking system for the kilometers you ski. It's as easy as pie and you can use it with our existing system: Ski for Ks! It's the same program, just a little more streamline. Click here to see the new Nordic Rocks website!

This Saturday, February 4, there will be a BKL race following the Eastern Cup at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont. Join us in celebrating our NENSA Nordic community! Click here for calendar listing. Hope to see you there!

Looking for snow? Check out these photo's...

The Burke Mountain Academy Nordic Team and Guests from the “NTG”, Norway’s Academy of Elite Sport,  Offer “Tune it Up!” A short camp to help get you ready for J2 Champs, Eastern High Schools, and Junior Nationals!

Due to lack of snow, Rikert Women's Day on February 5th has been CANCELED. Thanks to the organizers and volunteers who have already put in so much work for this event! We will have to wait until next year.

We had the perfect day -- blue, blue skies and warm sun, but best of all fresh snow and plenty of it! See below for stories and photos from the day at the Bethel Inn Nordic Center in Bethel, Maine.

This February the NENSA Adaptive program will partner with Sports Associates at Gaylord Hospital to offer an adaptive Nordic clinic at Winding Trails in Farmington, CT. 

The IOC Women in Sport Conference which is held only once every four years and in 2012 will be held in the United States for the first time. Link to flyer for full details.

Check out this live action videomap of this weekend's TD Bank Eastern Cup 5km race course at Trapp Family Lodge! The third weekend of the Eastern Cup and JNQ series will be held in conjunction with the UVM college carnival. Sunday's freestyle race is also the next stop on the TD Bank Zak Cup Citizen's series. For all the details link to the Virtual team Captains Meeting page.

This Sunday, Grafton Ponds Nordic Center in Grafton, VT hosted a BKL race with over 80 kids participating! Click here to see photos and stories from the Stratton Mountain School blog.

Created in September, 2011, the NENSA Coaches Corner Enewsletter is designed to keep coaches up to date on a myriad of helpful tips, links and newsworthy items, with a regional through international reach. If you or someone you know  would like to receive this enewsletter please email Janice Sibilia at janice@nensa.net to sign up. The third edition is already 'in the mail'!

Several athletes have made the trip east to stay here over the past two years. Maria Stuber and Bryan Cook, formerly CXC athletes, transplanted themselves from the Mid West to take up residence in Vermont. In a fasterskier article they describe how the move has taken shape for them...

The 2012 New England XC Women's Day was a huge success today at the Bethel Inn Nordic Center in Bethel, Maine. See below for a smattering of photos and stories.

Steven Mangan and Ada Peters take the 25K victories.

Sophie Caldwell and Sam Tarling, both Dartmouth skiers, took the wins in Jackson, NH yesterday in the classic sprint races.  Link to article and results

Many new photos from last weekend's fun event at Mountain Top have been uploaded to NENSA's Flickr page. Click here to see the great shots! Thanks to Matt Trueheart (MUHS Coach) and his sidekick Murphy for the great pictures.

Thanks to Lauren Hefferon who sent in these great photos from the EMBK Sprint race last Sunday. Click here to see Lauren's photos!

The 11th Annual New England Women's XC Day is a go! We have snow in Bethel and the event will proceed as planned. Please click here to see updated information about the event, including an email that was just sent to all participants. Hope to see you there!

Take Your Ski or Race Preparation to the Next Level with a Performance Ski Instruction Package at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermon

The results fo Race to the Cabin, at Trapp Family Lodge have been updated to include finish times. Link to Results

News Flash! Tim Reynolds and Patrick O'Brien,  both of the CGRP team took first and second (unofficial results) in the third leg of the Tour de Twin Cities.  This was a freestyle sprint prologue held at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis. Link to FS article with results

A women's team was inadvertantly missed in the club scoring.  Results have been corrected...

Have no fear as you look outside to see brown grass, there is indeed SNOW at the Bethel Inn Nordic Center in Bethel, Maine for this year's Women's Day! Online registration is still open so snag your spot today. Click here for full event information including a link to sign up online. See you there!

This March, New England Junior National Team athletes and coaches will make their way to Midway, Utah for the 2012 JN Championships. The New England trip logistics are coming together and all the details can be found here as they become available. Please be sure to check back often for updates and read the important change about how flights will be handled this year.

The Flying Moose Classic is part of the NENSA ZAK cup series.  Link to online registration here.

We have updated the standings. 

The New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) today announced recipients of funding for this year's US Ski Team J1 trip and World Junior Championships.

There is plenty of snow at the Bethel Nordic Center in Bethel, Maine, site of this year's New England Women's XC Day. Registration is still open at this point but is filling up quickly. Sign up today to reserve your spot! Click here to see full event information including a link to online registration. Hope to see you there!

This past Saturday the One Day Club Championship Race  was held for the fourth year in conjunction with the White Mountain Classic 30k. 

Rumford, ME—The Junior classic race at the U.S. Cross-Country Skiing Championships helped to determine the U.S. teams to the World Junior Championships and the J1 Scandinavian Trip.  But, those were not the only titles determined on the tracks at Black Mountain that day: Maine’s Tenth Mountain Division Junior Cross-Country Championship went to Rachel Hall and Tom Rabon for the second consecutive year.

Yesterday we hosted the Valley cup at Ole's in Warren.  This is one of the oldest races in Vermont with a 37 year history!

From the Organizers: The Craftsbury Marathon Committee met this morning and decided that we could not safely use the point to point course from Highland Lodge with the existing limited snow cover.  We will be running the Marathon on a loop course.

Frost Mountain Nordic is hosting a fun BKL race this weekend at Rikert Nordic Center in Ripton, Vermont. Join the NENSA Club of the Year for their annual event! Click here to see the calendar listing with full event information.

The US Nordic contingent of Heather Mooney, Patrick Caldwell,  coach Sverre Caldwell and supporting family members, head home today from Innsbruck after an exciting YOG event.

It was a beautiful day in Chittenden, Vermont for the 7th Annual Mountain Top Paintball Biathlon. See below for photos and results.

A fiery field turned out for the second annual Race to the Cabin even though the mercury was chillingly low. The wax was VR30 and the sun was shining!

Come and ski the newest event in the TD Bank Marathon series! See below for details about online registration, the price increases on January 25th so sign up now!

See photos and results from today's High School and Adult Divsion of the Mountain Top Paintball Biathlon in Chittenden, Vermont. Also, check out the updated schedule for tomorrow's BKL division.

Jackson, NH -- Nils Koons earned a 24-second victory over Tim Whiton to take the men's victory while Alison Crocker skied away from Robyn Anderson for the women's win.  Skiers enjoyed a great day on the trails at Jackson.

THe combined xc/biathlon relay team of Heather Mooney, Anne Kubek, Sean Dougherty, and Patrick Caldwell powered their way to a Bronze medal in Innsbruck!  Link to video at Fasterskier

Conditions are great for tomorrow's paintball event at Mountain Top Inn and Resort in Chittenden, Vermont. Here at race headquarters, we're gearing up for a fun weekend! Click here to see the full calendar listing including a link to updated schedule for tomorrow's races. Hope to see you there!

The Valley Cup Ski Skating Races will be held this Sunday morning at Ole's in Warren, Vt.

An update and some beatiful photos and video from a recent trip to Norway.

For Burke Mountain Academy’s small Nordic Team the flexibility of the school’s yearly plan makes a lot of exciting things possible.

5th Place in the Winter Youth Olympic Games! Read all about Patrick's sprint race on the SMS blog.  Congratulations to Paddy and Heather Mooney for some great ski racing today!

Heather Mooney, (Middlebury/SMS)  fired her way to a 13th place finishin the Classic Distance race, while Patrick Caldwell (SMS) skied strongly to a 16th place finish in the men's race.  Link to full article and results

Are you looking for a BKL program for your kids? How about camps during February vacation? Check out these new programs from the Catamount Family Outdoor Center in Williston, Vermont. Lots of fun stuff going on!

Athletes who registered through Alpine Reg will be refunded the $30.00 race entry fee/day. Updates regarding the qualification for the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Junior National Team will be posted to the team website at http://sites.google.com/site/midaxc/home when available.